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Manicka Dhanasekar is affiliated with Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research falls predominantly within the field of engineering, with a strong focus on civil and structural engineering. Other areas of expertise include mechanical engineering, building and construction, earth-surface processes, and mechanics of materials.

Their scholarly work addresses several core topics, chiefly:

  • Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis
  • Railway Engineering and Dynamics
  • Structural Load-Bearing Analysis
  • Building materials and conservation
  • Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete

Dhanasekar has published multiple papers in respected venues, with frequent contributions appearing in:

  • Construction and Building Materials
  • Engineering Failure Analysis
  • Structures
  • KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering
  • Australian Journal of Civil Engineering

Recent papers include:

  • Assessment of the characteristics of lime mortar bonded brickwork wallettes under monotonic and cyclic compression (2020, Construction and Building Materials)
  • Analysis of buckling failure in continuously welded railway tracks (2020, Engineering Failure Analysis)
  • Failure analysis of masonry walls subjected to low velocity impacts (2020, Engineering Failure Analysis)
  • Impact mitigation of masonry walls with carbon fibre and Auxetic fibre composite renders - A numerical study (2020, Structures)
  • Interfacial transition zone modelling for characterisation of masonry under biaxial stresses (2020, Construction and Building Materials)

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • David Thambiratnam
  • Tatheer Zahra
  • Julian Thamboo
  • Amin Miri
  • Bill Weston

Best Publications

  • A dynamic model for the vertical interaction of the rail track and wagon system

    Yan Quan. Sun;Manicka. Dhanasekar

  • THE FAILURE OF BRICK MASONRY UNDER BIAXIAL STRESSES.

    M Dhanasekar;Aw Page;Pw Kleeman

  • Numerical simulation of axially loaded concrete columns under transverse impact and vulnerability assessment

    H.M.I. Thilakarathna;D.P. Thambiratnam;M. Dhanasekar;N. Perera

  • Explicit finite element analysis of lightly reinforced masonry shear walls

    M. Dhanasekar;W. Haider

  • Biaxial Stress‐strain Relations for Brick Masonry

    M. Dhanasekar;Peter W. Kleeman;Adrian W. Page

  • Correlation between the performance of solid masonry prisms and wallettes under compression

    Julian Ajith Thamboo;Manicka Dhanasekar

  • Flexural and shear bond characteristics of thin layer polymer cement mortared concrete masonry

    Julian Ajith Thamboo;Manicka Dhanasekar;Cheng Yan

  • Characterisation of cementitious polymer mortar – Auxetic foam composites

    Tatheer Zahra;Manicka Dhanasekar

  • A three-dimensional model for the lateral and vertical dynamics of wagon-track systems

    Y. Q. Sun;M Dhanasekar;D Roach

  • Characterisation of thin layer polymer cement mortared concrete masonry bond

    Julian Ajith Thamboo;Manicka Dhanasekar

  • Impact forces at dipped rail joints

    Nirmal K. Mandal;Manicka Dhanasekar;Yan Quan Sun

  • An In-Plane Finite Element Model for Brick Masonry

    Adrian W. Page;Peter W. Kleeman;Manicka Dhanasekar

  • Effects of joint thickness, adhesion and web shells to the face shell bedded concrete masonry loaded in compression

    Julian Thamboo;Manicka Dhanasekar;Cheng Yan

  • An explicit finite element modelling method for masonry walls under out-of-plane loading

    Sarkar Noor-E-Khuda;Manicka Dhanasekar;David P. Thambiratnam

  • Characterisation and strategies for mitigation of the contact surface unevenness in dry-stack masonry

    Tatheer Zahra;Manicka Dhanasekar

  • A hybrid-Trefftz element containing an elliptic hole

    Manicka Dhanasekar;Jianjun Han;Qinghua Qin

  • Finite element analysis of the in-plane shear behaviour of masonry panels confined with reinforced grouted cores

    Thangarajah Janaraj;Manicka Dhanasekar

  • Coupling of FE and EFG using collocation approach

    Q. Z. Xiao;M. Dhanasekar

  • Detection of Rail Wheel Flats using Wavelet Approaches

    Sheng Xiang Jia;Manicka Dhanasekar

  • Lateral impact derailment mechanisms, simulation and analysis

    Liang Ling;Manicka Dhanasekar;David Thambiratnam;Yan Quan Sun

  • Dynamic response of the train–track–bridge system subjected to derailment impacts

    Liang Ling;Manicka Dhanasekar;David P. Thambiratnam

  • Out-of-plane deformation and failure of masonry walls with various forms of reinforcement

    Sarkar Noor-E-Khuda;Manicka Dhanasekar;David P. Thambiratnam

Frequent Co-Authors

David Thambiratnam
David Thambiratnam Queensland University of Technology
Colin Cole
Colin Cole Central Queensland University
Cheng Yan
Cheng Yan Queensland University of Technology
Qing-Hua Qin
Qing-Hua Qin Xi'an Jiaotong University
Tommy H.T. Chan
Tommy H.T. Chan Queensland University of Technology
Alexander Remennikov
Alexander Remennikov University of Wollongong
David Wexler
David Wexler University of Wollongong
Priyan Mendis
Priyan Mendis University of Melbourne
Wanming Zhai
Wanming Zhai Southwest Jiaotong University
Sakdirat Kaewunruen
Sakdirat Kaewunruen University of Birmingham

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